The Tiniest Tap
Sep 19, 2018
By IBA Office
Aha! Now We're Getting Somewhere!
How the tiniest tap can create magic
"The
imagery that comes to me to describe this feeling is that of my psyche
as a train that has been picked up off its tracks and plomped down onto a
clearer track where it has better traction and no unnecessary stops."
– Esther Veltheim
From Miami to Colorado to California, we are happy to report that John is blazing yet another trail in BodyTalk history.
Did you know that it is almost a quarter of a century since John taught
his first BodyTalk class? If you count the number of BodyTalk
modalities, it is hard to fathom anyone evolving a therapy of such scope
and eclecticism in such a short time.
If you are ever around John when he is in the process of evolving a new
class, it is not uncommon to hear him utter a delighted "Aha!!! Now
we're getting somewhere!" whenever he comes upon the next "key." His
enthusiasm and passion for the work just seem to grow. What might be
less known about John is that he evolved most of the BodyTalk modalities
while on tour; between classes, countries, cities and in hotel rooms.
Home was always just a stop-off on the way to the next class, the next
lecture, the next tour.
This is what is so different about BodyTalk Direct; how and where it
came about. In the past year, for the first time since BodyTalk began,
John decided to stay home and, after many, many years on the road, put
down roots. This meant he could get a dog, Maverick, who accompanies him
everywhere; is meeting people in his community, and is just thoroughly
enjoying the simple pleasures and rituals of daily life lived in one
place. As you can imagine, his creative process is benefiting
exponentially. And, voilà, BodyTalk Direct. Not surprisingly, of all the
many BodyTalk courses John has evolved so far, this one has a very
different feel to it.
An analogy comes to mind....
In 1963, meteorologist Edward N. Lorenz made a presentation to the New
York Academy of Sciences and was literally laughed out of the room. His
theory was called the Butterfly Effect. What Lorenz had discovered in
his laboratory was a most evocative notion, one that the smallest event
can have large, widespread consequences. The name of Lorenz's theory
stems from his proposal that a massive tornado in one part of the world
might well have its roots in the faraway flapping of a tiny butterfly's
wings. It took almost 30 years and multiple great minds to finally prove
his theory correct, valid and that it worked every time.
Nowadays, not only do we associate Lorenz's discovery with weather
patterns, but retrospectively, we have come to recognize that one small
action, however insignificant seeming at the time, can change the course
of a human life. And more than that. We have come to realize that one
small action happening here can have a global rippling effect, touching
the lives of people we have never even met, in faraway countries we have
never even visited.
When it comes to John's latest course, the analogy of the butterfly and
the tornado seems most fitting. Not just because BodyTalk Direct
involves the concept of torsion fields and John actually teaches about
the healing nature of tornadoes. The Butterfly Effect is also most
applicable to BodyTalk Direct because the gentlest, simplest of
techniques sets in motion a profound ripple effect throughout the system
and beyond. All of us familiar with BodyTalk know that the
simplest Access techniques create a ripple effect throughout the system
and magic can happen. But something quite extraordinary seems to be at
work in John's new work, something very different. As the name implies,
BodyTalk Direct seems to communicate even more directly, deep within the
psyche. It is as if its first and greatest priority is to stir up the
old order of things in a way that feels simply right.
In the photo above, John treats Elzabieta Kosmicki in the BodyTalk Direct class in Denver.
Even though we are a global community, sometimes reaching out and making
a real difference beyond our own little corner of the world can seem so
difficult. It is helpful to remember that each small action, even the
tiniest tap, has a ripple effect.
"With all things and in all things, we are relatives."
– Native American Sioux Proverb
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